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The Bees of the Caatinga (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes): a Species List and Comparative Notes Regarding Their Distribution1 Apidologie 31 (2000) 579–592 579 © INRA/DIB-AGIB/EDP Sciences Original article The bees of the Caatinga (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Apiformes): a species list and comparative notes regarding their distribution1 Fernando C.V. ZANELLA* Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cx. P. 64. 58700-970 Patos, Paraíba, Brazil (Received 27 July 1999; revised 30 May 2000; accepted 23 June 2000) Abstract – A list of bee species recorded in the Caatinga region is presented, including literature and new data. Caatinga is a xerophilous vegetation characteristic of the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. The species richness of its bee fauna is comparatively low with about 187 species and 77 genera (114 species and 45 genera of Apidae, 35 and 9 of Megachilidae, 18 and 7 of Halictidae, 13 and 9 of Colletidae, and 8 and 7 of Andrenidae). Some genera, that are well diversified and rela- tively common in the Cerrado, an adjacent but more humid biome also characterized by open vege- tation, are not recorded or rare in the Caatinga, e.g. Epicharis, Monoeca, Paratetrapedia and Tetra- pedia. By contrast the genera Diadasina, Melitoma and Leiopodus are relatively well diversified in the Caatinga. diversity / biogeography / dry region / Brazil / South America 1. INTRODUCTION surveys, there are no lists of bee species for the major Brazilian biomes. The few com- Since the 1960s many surveys of bees pilations refer to political units like those and bee flowers have been made in Brazil, for the States of Rio Grande do Sul [41] and mainly in the Southern and Southeastern São Paulo [24]. Lists of species based on regions [see 4, 7, 9, 10, 16, 25, 30, 33, and natural regions are therefore clearly needed, the references therein]. In spite of the great as they can serve as a large-scale source of amount of information on the geographical reference, especially for biogeographical distribution of species presented in these comparisons and for pollination studies. 1 Part of the Ph.D. thesis of the author at FFCLRP/Universidade de São Paulo. * Correspondence and reprints E-mail: [email protected] 580 F.C.V. Zanella This paper presents the first list of bee The climate in the Caatinga region is species for the Caatinga, a xerophilous veg- characterized by low and irregular rainfall etation area of about 800 000 km2 in the and high temperatures, which determines a semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil, severe water deficit. The mean annual rain- which extends from approximately 3° to 16° fall varies from 276 mm, in Cabaceiras, South latitude and from 35° to 44° West Paraíba State, to 800–1 000 mm near the longitude. The Caatinga is some 1 500 km boundaries. There is also a great variation north of the Chaco, the nearest dry region, between years. The occurrence of years of and nearly 3 000 km from the Guajira region extreme drought (0 mm of rainfall) is not of the Caribbean coast of Colombia and uncommon. Average monthly temperature Venezuela. varies from 26 to 29 °C [1, 6, 26]. The Caatinga is surrounded by and has Caatinga is a deciduous vegetation, with contact only with more humid regions: the several different fascies, depending on the Cerrado to the South and Southwest, and local climate and pedological conditions. the Atlantic Rain Forest to the East (Fig. 1). Differently from the Cerrado, the contiguous Figure 1. South Amer- ica, with the distribution of the Caatinga, Cer- rado, Atlantic and Ama- zon Forest, Chaco and Guajira regions (after Ab’Saber, 1977). Bees of the Caatinga 581 open and more humid vegetation formation, Also the correspondence of some probably Caatinga has numerous cacti, terrestrial undescribed species collected by me with bromeliads, thorn bushes and barrel-trunked those collected by Martins and Aguiar was trees. Andrade-Lima [6] recognized 12 com- only possible through the examination munity types in the Caatinga, including tall of specimens that were kindly loaned by arboreus forests and open shrubby vegeta- Dr. Celso Martins. tion. According to him this later type occu- In the list below a question mark before pies the largest area today, and its occur- the genus name indicates doubts regarding rence in most places may be due to human the correct generic assignment, e.g. when it action. A detailed description of the geo- was not possible to examine the types or morphology and plant communities of the when species had not been included in recent Caatinga region is given by Ab’Saber [1] taxonomic revisions. It must also be stressed and Andrade-Lima [6]. that those species which are registered only Ducke [12, 13, 14, 15] was the first to in enclaves of other biomes within the study Caatinga bees. He collected bees in Caatinga region were not included in the several places of the State of Ceará at the list, e.g. those collected by Ducke in the beginning of this century and made the first high altitude wet forest of the Serra do Batu- notes on their ecology and biogeography. rité, in the State of Ceará. Some eighty years later new surveys were made by Martins [20] in Casa Nova (Bahia State) and by Aguiar and Martins [4] in São 3. RESULTS AND COMPARATIVE João do Cariri (Paraíba State). NOTES ON THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE CAATINGA BEES 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS About 187 bee species were listed for the Caatinga region, belonging to 77 genera The present work comprises two parts: (see list of species in the appendix). The a compilation of published records of bee family Apidae (sensu Roig-Alsina and species and a year’s personal collecting of Michener [28]) is the most diversified, with bees in the Caatinga. The literature surveys 114 species belonging to 45 genera. The include data from the above mentioned Megachilidae are represented by 34 species works, from taxonomic revisions, descrip- in 9 genera, Halictidae by 18 species in tions of species and lists of flower visitors 7 genera, Colletidae by 13 species in 9 gen- from pollination studies. Original data are era and Andrenidae by 8 species in 7 genera. from a year-round survey made at the Notwithstanding the need for more sur- “Estação Ecológica do Seridó” in Serra veys to improve our knowledge of the diver- Negra do Norte (Rio Grande do Norte State). sity of the Caatinga bee fauna, specially in The classification employed is a mixture the southern half of the region, and the of those of Dr. Michener and of Pe. Moure. absence of similar compilations for other Taxonomy specialists were consulted to South American biomes, the available data resolve doubts regarding the synonyms and indicate that the Caatinga bee fauna has a currently valid nomenclature (see acknowl- comparatively low species richness. The edgments). The analysis of some specimens total number of recorded species for the collected by Ducke and belonging to the Caatinga region is lower than that collected Goeldi Museum (Belém, Pará State), was in small areas of the Cerrado, the Atlantic made possible by Padre Moure (Curitiba). Rain Forest or grasslands of Southern Brazil This guaranteed a higher degree of confi- (Tab. I). The Caatinga bee fauna also dence in the determination of the species. presents a lower number of species per Table I. Total number of species and genera of bees collected in standardized surveys in areas of Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Rain Forest and grasslands 582 of Southern Brazil. Site Vegetation Area Altitude Nb. of Period Nb. of Nb. of a/b Source (km2) (m) hours (years) spp (a) genera (b) Serra Negra do Norte (RN) Secondary open arboreal caatinga n.d. 200 96 1 83 36 2.3 This work 06° 34’ S, 37° 15’ W and vegetation near a dam Serra Negra do Norte (RN) Secondary open arboreal caatinga n.d. 200 96 1 47 28 2.2 This work 06° 35’ S, 37° 16’ W São João do Cariri (PB) Open shrubby caatinga n.d. 450–550 192 1 45 30 1.5 [4] 07° 25’ S, 36° 30’ W Casa Nova (BA) Open arboreal caatinga 1 450 192 1 42 27 1.6 [19] 09° 26’ S, 41° 50’ W F.C.V. Zanella Paraopeba (MG) Secondary cerrado 1.4 734–750 233 1 182 56 3.3 [32] 19° 20’ S, 44° 20’ W Cajurú (SP) Secondary cerrado 0.01 700 624 1 193 65 3.0 [22] 21° 20’ S, 47° 16’ W Corumbataí (SP) Secondary cerrado nr. 0.0017 800 872 3 124 47 2.6 [32] 22° 15’ S, 47° 00’ W Boracéia (SP) Atlantic Rain forest n.d. 800–950 n.d. 2.5 259 85 3.0 [40] 23° 38’ S, 45° 52’ W Alexandra (PR) Atlantic Rain forest ca. 2 5–10 88 1 122 46 2.7 [17]) 25° 33’ S, 48° 38’ W São José dos Pinhais (PR) Second growth vegetation 2.1 900 140 1 167 48 3.5 [30] 25° 31’ S, 49° 10’ W in a region of grasslands and forests with Araucaria Guaritas (RS) Grasslands of southern Brazil n.d. 200–400 n.d. nr. 3.5 219 66 3.3 [31] 30° 48’ S, 53° 26’ W n.d.: not determined. Bees of the Caatinga 583 genus. For standardized surveys made in surveys are in relation to the whole bee the Caatinga region this ratio is always close fauna of the respective regions. This limi- to two, reaching only 2.3 species per genus, tation is evident when we look at the genera whereas in the other regions it is rarely lower Ceblurgus, Dasyhalonia, Eulonchopria, than 2.7, and up to 3.5 species per genus in Larocanthidium, Protodiscelis and Pro- São José dos Pinhais, Paraná State (Tab.
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